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SERIES 1 - First broadcast 2008

1. No One Knows What Goes on Behind Closed Doors

When Jacky and Tony are sent to clear out the flat of a recently deceased tenant they anticipate a day of ripping up mouldy carpets and removing old kitchen appliances and furniture to dump in a skip.

Instead, on entering the bedroom, they find it full of beautiful hand-crafted model boats. They are obviously too good to throw away and Jacky and Tony can't take them home with them.

Before they can come up with a plan, the solution arrives when an old woman friend of the deceased appears and asks if she can take one of the boats away as a memento. Jacky and Tony are only too happy to agree but as they watch the old woman walk away they are shocked to see her casually toss it into the skip!

When she returns later with a friend for the rest of the boats Jacky and Tony decide to get to the bottom of the mystery. The result is a comic scuffle, the destruction of several boats and the revelation of a dark secret... can Jacky, Tony and the boats come out in one piece!?

First broadcast: 28th Feb 2008

2. Is Is

Jacky and Tony are in Glasgow's house clearance business, discovering the lives people lead behind closed doors. When they are sent to clear an abandoned flat, they are convinced that they will find nothing but filth and rubbish. But, to their surprise, it is quite clean, and filled with bizarre objects. There is an antique motorbike in the bath, several mannequins and a dalek in the bedroom. Who could have lived in a house like this? The boys wager a lollipop over the result.

First broadcast: 6th March 2008

3. Happiness

Jacky and Tony are doing a friend, an old lady, some house repairs. They notice that she keeps telling them the same stories and has made them thirteen cups of tea at once. When she forgets that she's put the chip pan on, the lads realise that she can't take care of herself. But Jacky doesn't want her to end up in the Council care home while her layabout son gets her lovely house.

First broadcast: 13th March 2008

4. Protection

Jacky and Tony are summoned to their boss's office who warns them that their next job was a crime scene. It's in a nice area, and there doesn't seem to be any evidence of the crime: until they are held at knifepoint by a couple of young girl squatters. Soon, the boss and Barry the plumber are embroiled in the stand off too.

First broadcast: 20th March 2008

5. Night Moves

As luck would have it, the boys end up alone in their offices over a night. Tony is delighted to have the opportunity to be naughty, and they booby trap their new boss's office. Things start to go wrong when Super Barrio, the plumber, turns up unexpectedly. Then all three of the have to hide when the boss arrives intending to work late.

First broadcast: 27th March 2008

6. Ghosties

Jacky and Tony are sent to do repairs in an old theatre which is being renovated. It is rumoured that a young actress killed herself here many years ago, but they are unperturbed when they walk in on a mysterious lady playing piano alone. Surrounded by scary noises, Tony announces that he thinks they should go freelance - to Jacky's horror.

First broadcast: 3rd April 2008

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